Lipscomb County power outages

Texas outage history from 2015 to 2023, with the largest outages and a backup battery estimate.

This county is not rated. Its numbers may not reflect what residents experienced.

Lipscomb County, Texas had 2 major outages from 2015 to 2023

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We show this record but do not rank it because the history is short, the population is very small, or customer counts look too high for the population. Treat these numbers with caution. Data confidence: Low, with 9 years of records.

0.2major outages per year
2 of 9years with a major outage
16 hrslongest major outage
Oct, Marhardest months

October and March made up 33% of this county's outage time. The largest outage on record began Oct 28, 2020, reached 1,059 customers, and left at least 200 customers out for 15.8 hours.

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Outage impact by year

Customer-hours without power. 1,000 customers out for 2 hours is 2,000 customer-hours.

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YearCustomer-hoursReported outagesMajor outages
201510,26890
20162,06830
201718,997130
201822,118160
20198,15480
202014,93021
20219,380110
202217,73661
20233,95940

When outages hit

Share of this county's customer-hours by month.

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Largest outages on record

Start dateHoursPeak customersCustomer-hours
Oct 28, 202015.81,05913,554
Mar 22, 202213.21,05311,789
Jun 22, 20174.01,0844,336
Jun 25, 20184.21,0634,295
Oct 11, 20174.01,0734,289

Hours measure how long at least 200 customers in the county were out. Most customers get power back sooner.

Size your backup battery

Start with what you would keep running. Wattages are typical averages, so check your own appliances.

1,700 Whof battery capacity, allowing for about 15% conversion loss

If anyone relies on medical equipment, plan that with their provider. Run portable fuel generators outdoors only, at least 20 feet from doors, windows and vents. See the outage checklist.

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How to read this

  • A major outage lasted at least 8 hours and reached customers equal to at least 1% of county residents.
  • Records cover outages of at least 200 customers in a county. They do not show what happened on your street.
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